(re)RELEASE: 3.6.10 MediaVPs + PATCH

This set of MVPs will be validated (and therefore are the only ones that will allow you to save your stats) for multiplayer using 3.6.10 builds!

The previous release of 3.6.10 MVPs (9th of December 2008, with the files being last modified on the 8th) is now obsolete and all but MV_Music should be deleted and replaced with these newer versions!

MV_Complete is no longer an option due to various problems with supporting such a large file. If you have MV_Complete.vp currently, please be sure to delete it!

Step 1: Ensure you have a working installation of Freespace 2

The MediaVPs require a working installation of retail Freespace 2. If you do not have the retail Freespace 2, it can be purchased from Good Old Games for $6 USD: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/freespace_2

The latest version of the launcher is Launcher 5.5e. For Launchers for non-windows operating systems, please check the 3.6.10 release post (through the above link) for the appropriate files.

Both the fs2_open_3_6_10.exe and Launcher.exe should be placed in your root Freespace2 install folder. ie: "C:\Games\FreeSpace2"

IMPORTANT:

It's a good idea at this point to also copy fs2_open_3_6_10d.exe into your root Freespace2 install folder in case you later on encounter problems you need to ask about on the forums. This is because the debug builds will create the all important "fs2_open.log" file in "C:\Games\FreeSpace2\data" that should always be included in such posts. For more information, please check (all posts!) in The Freespace Troubleshooting FAQ thread in the Freespace and Freespace Open Support Forum

Step 3: Set up the mediavps mod directory

If it does not already exist, create a new folder called "mediavps" in your Freespace 2 install folder, and place the MV_*.vp files in there.So, if you installed Freespace 2 to "C:\Games\FreeSpace2" then you would place these Media VP files into "C:\Games\FreeSpace2\mediavps"

IMPORTANT:

If your mediavps directory does already exist, then it probably has some old VPs and other bits and pieces in it. Delete or move (completely out of the FS directory structure) ALL these old files, leaving you with an empty mediavps folder.

Step 7: Play and enjoy! Also, please report any bugs you come across to the FSU Mantis!

IMPORTANT: Known Issues

In debug builds upon entering the Ship Lab or Techroom you get:Assert: !resizeFile: gropengltexture.cppLine: 622and FS then crashes. The issue is that the cubemap used here does not have mip-maps and so on any non-DX10 capable it may crash. A fixed CubeMap.dds file is here: http://www.mediafire.com/?dyejkjlqmm3 which should be placed in \mediavps\data\effects, creating any folders that don't exist already.

Upon starting the mission "Training 4" (the mission after you were chasing the Iceni), you get the error:

Error: Invalid ship/wing name.

In sexpression: ( is-destroyed-delay 5 "GTT Argo 01" ) (Error appears to be: GTT Argo 01)File: MissionParse.cppLine: 6096This is because somehow you downloaded the re-released MediaVPs but missed the patch! So the solution is to just make sure you have the '3610_Patch.vp' file in your mediavps mod folder with all the others and it all should work again.

Report MediaVP issues, now on the MediaVP Mantis! Read all about it Here!Talk with the FSU on#SCP-FSUTalk with the SCP on#SCP"If you can keep a level head in all this confusion, you just don't understand the situation"

A CRC/Hashes file for the Zips and their VPs can be found here: (Right-Click, "Save As")FSMods ;; MirrorYou can use a tool such as hashtab or the plugin for Firefox to generate the hashes of the files as you get them to ensure they were downloaded intact. As the VPs are now in Zip files, the Installer has been updated to the newer file links, and should be usable again.

All of the files have been downloaded and checked multiple times now, and have passed Hash checking and decompression.

(MV_Music)[*]High-Fi Battle and Victory Music for 'Genesis' {Daniel Wentz}[*]High-Fi Ambient and Victory Music for 'Exodus' {Daniel Wentz}[*]High-Fi Arrival and Victory Music for 'Leviticus' {Daniel Wentz}[*]High-Fi Arrival and Battle music for 'Numbers' {Daniel Wentz}[*]High-Fi Ambient, Arrival, Battle and Victory Music for 'Deuteronomy' {Daniel Wentz}[*]High-Fi Arrival, Battle and Victory Music for 'Joshua' {Daniel Wentz}[*]High-Fi Ambient, Arrival, Battle and Victory music for 'Revelation' {Daniel Wentz}[*]High-Fi Music for Briefs 1-5 {Daniel Wentz}[*]High-Fi Failure Music {Daniel Wentz}[*]High-Fi Aquitaine and Cinema Music {Daniel Wentz}

Swantz @ FreeSpaceMods.Net for hosting, Thank You!Launcher BMP used by this set of MediaVPs: Aardwolf

Coming Soon:

MV_AbolishUberShock: Converts the shockwave back to simple3D while still allowing use of Advanced.SCP Enhanced Multi-Missions packageRemaining Multiplayer Missions from root_fs2.vpSingle Player Gauntlets a la FSPort (but for FS2!)

Changelist:

Since the initial release, a lot of issues were found, some documented, others not.Here is a changelog of sorts, though it's not as entirely complete as it should be:

Added more Shivan SecondariesAnimated Glowmaps for Shivan Secondaries by Flaming_Sword(MV_Abolish entries for the above added, you make me cry)

No more NULL MOI's, I hope

Original Hornet (used as Swarmer, Cluster Baby and Cluster Bomb Baby)) is now blue

**SUPPORT NOTICE**

While we took every effort we could to make gameplay as smooth and as rewarding as possible in this release, some things are always a matter of personal taste. Some people may feel creatively inclined to modify the resources within these VP's to their own ends. And as this is an open community project, you are certainly free to do so. But when it comes to the MediaVP's themselves, we cannot bug-fix or troubleshoot anything involving custom or modified content that was not created by the team for a specific effect (EG: The Abolish VP's.) So, to best facilitate fixes and future work, please only report issues with non-modified content.

Report MediaVP issues, now on the MediaVP Mantis! Read all about it Here!Talk with the FSU on#SCP-FSUTalk with the SCP on#SCP"If you can keep a level head in all this confusion, you just don't understand the situation"

Report MediaVP issues, now on the MediaVP Mantis! Read all about it Here!Talk with the FSU on#SCP-FSUTalk with the SCP on#SCP"If you can keep a level head in all this confusion, you just don't understand the situation"